Mysteries.of.the.Abandoned.S09E07.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[und] Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:09,467 [narrator] Rusting relics that helped build America. 2 00:00:11,267 --> 00:00:14,467 The structure was home to revolutionary technologies, 3 00:00:14,467 --> 00:00:17,767 ones that would go on to help save countless lives. 4 00:00:21,433 --> 00:00:24,900 [narrator] Ancient technology in a lost world. 5 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,333 [Lynette] It's like being in a sundial. 6 00:00:27,333 --> 00:00:30,000 These guys are mathematical geniuses. 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:30,800 These guys are mathematical geniuses. 8 00:00:35,333 --> 00:00:38,400 [narrator] And the training ground for elite communists. 9 00:00:40,167 --> 00:00:42,400 The men who passed through here 10 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,833 went on to prominent positions. 11 00:00:52,267 --> 00:00:53,633 [narrator] Decaying relics, 12 00:00:55,033 --> 00:00:57,100 ruins of lost worlds, 13 00:00:58,333 --> 00:01:00,000 sites haunted by the past, 14 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 sites haunted by the past, 15 00:01:01,567 --> 00:01:05,067 their secrets waiting to be revealed. 16 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,233 [narrator] In Wales, at the end of a blustery beach, 17 00:01:19,233 --> 00:01:23,300 an imposing ruin sits atop a jagged, rocky outcrop. 18 00:01:25,567 --> 00:01:27,933 [Dougal] You're sort of at this idyllic British beach. 19 00:01:29,067 --> 00:01:30,000 And you look over and you've g***t this rocky island. 20 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 And you look over and you've g***t this rocky island. 21 00:01:32,667 --> 00:01:35,567 [Rob] During high tide, this place is entirely cut off, 22 00:01:35,567 --> 00:01:38,300 trapping anyone on the island. 23 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:43,933 As the tide drains away, slowly the bottom steps of the staircase are revealed. 24 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:47,200 [narrator] Battered by the elements, 25 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,767 it's a daunting place. 26 00:01:51,233 --> 00:01:53,367 [Rob] When you've made it all the way to the top, 27 00:01:53,367 --> 00:01:58,900 you arrive at this huge, solid steel door secured by a big bolt. 28 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:00,000 And it makes you wonder what's inside. 29 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 And it makes you wonder what's inside. 30 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:04,267 [Dougal] It's a sort of place as a kid you'd think 31 00:02:04,267 --> 00:02:05,967 it'd be really fun to get on to, 32 00:02:05,967 --> 00:02:07,700 but also you'd be quite worried about it 33 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:10,567 being some kind of strange lair in there. 34 00:02:12,567 --> 00:02:15,533 [narrator] The locals remember less permanent structures 35 00:02:15,533 --> 00:02:18,200 added to the roof of the fort. 36 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:24,067 These are very basic wooden structures covered with wire netting. 37 00:02:24,067 --> 00:02:26,833 [Rob] They also had some open-air cages up on the top. 38 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,000 Who or what was living here that had to be kept on the island 39 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Who or what was living here that had to be kept on the island 40 00:02:32,833 --> 00:02:34,567 with the help of this high tide? 41 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:42,967 [narrator] Local conservationist 42 00:02:42,967 --> 00:02:46,300 Ginny Batt knows more about this island than most. 43 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,167 [Ginny speaking] 44 00:03:00,267 --> 00:03:01,000 [narrator] This windswept outpost 45 00:03:02,133 --> 00:03:07,133 sits at the junction of the Celtic and the Irish seas. 46 00:03:07,133 --> 00:03:10,133 [Ginny speaking] 47 00:03:13,433 --> 00:03:16,800 The little promontory itself is about 600-odd feet 48 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,233 in one direction, 200 in the other. 49 00:03:19,233 --> 00:03:24,767 And it's a limestone bit of rock, very easily weathered away with water, 50 00:03:24,767 --> 00:03:26,633 so you get all of these sea caves. 51 00:03:28,833 --> 00:03:30,000 [narrator] Humans have inhabited this island for 1,000 years, 52 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 [narrator] Humans have inhabited this island for 1,000 years, 53 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:36,400 when religious hermits started to use the caves here. 54 00:03:38,367 --> 00:03:42,667 The island g***t its name after a chapel was built there 55 00:03:42,667 --> 00:03:45,500 dedicated to St. Catherine. 56 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:49,433 [narrator] But traces of the chapel are long gone. 57 00:03:49,433 --> 00:03:52,967 No one's lived here since Ginny Batt and her parents left. 58 00:03:55,633 --> 00:03:58,633 [Ginny speaking] 59 00:04:02,833 --> 00:04:07,067 [narrator] The Batt family once lived in the cavernous concrete structure 60 00:04:07,067 --> 00:04:09,267 that dominates St. Catherine's Island. 61 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:13,700 When you look at the structure, the purpose is clear. 62 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:18,800 This is a fortification that has fallen into disrepair. 63 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,467 There's more here than meets the eye. 64 00:04:22,467 --> 00:04:24,733 [narrator] In the mid-19th century, 65 00:04:24,733 --> 00:04:27,800 the British feared naval attack from France, 66 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,000 and built a series of fortifications along the coast. 67 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 and built a series of fortifications along the coast. 68 00:04:32,167 --> 00:04:35,067 It was built here because of its prominence 69 00:04:35,067 --> 00:04:38,933 and its proximity to other ports in the region. 70 00:04:40,933 --> 00:04:43,900 [narrator] But even before the fort was finished, 71 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:47,133 international relations had improved. 72 00:04:47,133 --> 00:04:51,667 And by 1901, it had been mothballed. 73 00:04:51,667 --> 00:04:55,200 But the story of this windswept place didn't end there. 74 00:04:56,533 --> 00:04:59,300 [Ginny speaking] 75 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:13,500 [narrator] The Batt family were the last of a series of private occupants 76 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:14,567 to take over the fort. 77 00:05:17,267 --> 00:05:21,867 The first owner had decorated the interior with no expense spared. 78 00:05:23,567 --> 00:05:25,733 But by the time Ginny's family arrived, 79 00:05:26,833 --> 00:05:29,900 the strange fortress home was already a wreck. 80 00:05:31,067 --> 00:05:34,067 [Ginny speaking] 81 00:05:38,567 --> 00:05:40,633 [narrator] But back in the 1960s, 82 00:05:40,633 --> 00:05:44,400 it was perfect for what her parents had in mind. 83 00:05:46,467 --> 00:05:49,500 [Ginny speaking] 84 00:05:51,967 --> 00:05:56,100 They needed somewhere to live, but not just for themselves. 85 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:59,367 In tow, they had something quite unusual, 86 00:05:59,367 --> 00:06:00,000 which meant that the only place suitable for them to live 87 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 which meant that the only place suitable for them to live 88 00:06:02,133 --> 00:06:07,333 was the fort out on those craggy rocks down by the beach. 89 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:11,700 [narrator] Ginny's parents had long dreamed of opening a zoo 90 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:14,133 and had already started collecting animals. 91 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:21,400 [Sascha] They bring in a lot of exotic animals, and they open a zoo 92 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,767 in this abandoned coastal fortress. 93 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,233 [Ginny speaking] 94 00:06:29,233 --> 00:06:30,000 [narrator] There was nothing conventional about the Batt family life here. 95 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 [narrator] There was nothing conventional about the Batt family life here. 96 00:06:33,767 --> 00:06:36,500 [Ginny speaking] 97 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,433 [narrator] In March 1968, 98 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:52,467 St. Catherine's Zoo opened. 99 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,167 [Ginny speaking] 100 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:25,933 The zoo was filled with all sorts of animals, 101 00:07:25,933 --> 00:07:29,333 from badgers and foxes to bats and birds, 102 00:07:29,333 --> 00:07:30,000 even exotic monkeys and alligators. 103 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 even exotic monkeys and alligators. 104 00:07:36,833 --> 00:07:39,467 [narrator] Ginny Batt and her family 105 00:07:39,467 --> 00:07:42,967 shared this place with more than 100 animals. 106 00:07:42,967 --> 00:07:46,567 So all parts of the fort had to be put to use. 107 00:07:48,433 --> 00:07:50,367 They've had some open-air, um, 108 00:07:50,367 --> 00:07:53,800 sort of cages up on the top where the gun turrets used to be. 109 00:07:56,667 --> 00:07:59,667 [Ginny speaking] 110 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:23,133 One can only imagine 111 00:08:23,133 --> 00:08:24,700 being... being one of the children 112 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:27,167 living in this, in this family. 113 00:08:27,167 --> 00:08:30,000 You've g***t this wonderland, that's your house, 114 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,467 You've g***t this wonderland, that's your house, 115 00:08:30,467 --> 00:08:31,000 which is a little zoo and you've g***t all these animals. 116 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:35,067 It must have been a crazy and wild time for them. 117 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